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Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture July 2008

WV AquaWater Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture

July 28 - August 1, 2008
Shepherdstown, WV USA

   COURSE DESCRIPTION

   This four and a half day course presented by the Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute in Shepherdstown, WV will cover the fundamentals of design and management of water reuse systems. The National Conservation Training Center will be the site of lectures for the course and The Freshwater Institute will be the site of lab activities for the course. The Freshwater Institute is a state-of-the-art fish culture facility based on system design concepts covered in the course. The following subjects will be covered:

  • Carrying Capacity
  • Culture Tank Design
  • Solids Control
  • Ozonation and UV
  • Gas Conditioning
  • Biofiltration
  • Fish Health/Biosecurity
  • System Maintenance
  • Design Case Studies: Partial Reuse and Fully-Recycle Systems

 

LOCATION

National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, WV 25443 USA
http://training.fws.gov/

INSTRUCTORS

Steven T. Summerfelt, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Aquaculture Systems Research
Brian J. Vinci, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Engineering Services
Christopher M. Good, D.V.M., Ph.D., Aquaculture Veterinarian

REGISTRATION

To Register: http://www.conservationfund.org/node/665
Deadline: June 6, 2008
Tuition: $750 ($850 after June 6, 2008)

For information contact:
Margarita Carey, (304) 876-7924, or mcarey@conservationfund.org

Spotlight
Development of Sustainable Land-based Aquaculture Production Systems

19.5-month-old rainbow trout grown in reuse system

Freshwater Institute engineers and scientists are working to develop and evaluate new technologies for land-based aquaculture systems. Current research includes a collaborative study with WVU and USDA evaluating changes in fillet quality as rainbow trout approach maturation at 20+ months post-hatch.
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